Metadata-Version: 2.1
Name: qfracture
Version: 0.9.1
Summary: qFracture is a lightweight UI atop of fracture
Home-page: https://github.com/mikemalinowski/qfracture
Author: Mike Malinowski
Author-email: mike@twisted.space
License: UNKNOWN
Description: # Overview
        
        qfracture is a Qt based front end exposing a fracture project. The interface
        allows for data browsing and searching as well as data interaction.
        
        For full details on fracture please see: 
        
        https://github.com/mikemalinowski/fracture
        
        
        # Browsing
        
        qFracture displays a browsing panel which allows you to navigate data in a 
        natural way - which is particularly useful if your data is file based. 
        
        ![alt text](https://github.com/mikemalinowski/qfracture/blob/master/docs/qfracture_browse.png?raw=true)
        
        Right clicking a _Data Asset_ exposes the functionality bound to that data. 
        
        
        # Searching
        
        Within qFracture you can perform searches against your dataset. Fracture is 
         very quick at resolving searches - so this can be a preferable mechanism
         when interacting with data if you have a reasonable idea of what you're looking
         for. 
         
        When no search entries are present this view will show any _Data Elements_ which
        you have marked as being favourites - allowing them to be accessed very quickly
        with no overhead. 
        
        
        # Setting up a Project
        
        
        The qFracture UI offers a wizard to make it easy to setup a new fracture 
        project. This guides you through the process of defining the data structure 
        location, the plugin locations and where you want to save your project file.
        
        ![alt text](https://github.com/mikemalinowski/qfracture/blob/master/docs/qfracture_wizard.png?raw=true)
        
        It will also initiate a short scan of your data location. Depending on how
        big your data set this can take a little time. 
        
        Upon completion your data set is entirely searchable.
        
        
        ## System Tray
        
        
        The qFracture Ui only performs a deep scan during the first time setup. Beyond
        that, each location is re-scanned as you traverse those locations through the
        browser panel.
        
        If you want time based scans to occur you can trigger the __System Tray__ 
        application (which is launchable from the _Settings_ tab). The system tray
        allows you to specify an interval time (in seconds), and enable or disable
        timed scans. 
        
        This approach allows the scanning to occur in a completely different process
        to any qFracture instances which can aid performance, especially if you're 
        running qFracture from within environments such as Maya or Max etc. 
        
        
        # Collaboration
        
        I am always open to collaboration, so if you spot bugs lets me know, or if
        you would like to contribute or get involved just shout!
        
        
        # Compatibility
        
        Launchpad has been tested under Python 2.7 and Python 3.7 on Windows and Ubuntu.
        
Keywords: fracture data composite qfracture
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
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